Step 5 - Sorted Reviews
The 65 reviews were found to address 5 issues.

Step 6 - Sorted Issues by Categories
The reviews were found to focus on one of three strategic categories: those that addressed etiology of characteristics of speech and/or language, assessment techniques, or the nature and outcomes of interventions.

Issues	# of Reviews
	Etiology	Assessment	Intervention
Augmentative & Alternative Communication	0	0	3
Dysphagia, Dysarthria, Voice, & Apraxia	2	0	6
Fluency	2	1	9
Language in Special Populations	3	2	8
Speech & Language Delays & Disorders	15	7	7

Step 7 - Summarized Issues
Described the issue, number, focus of the reviews that addressed the issue, and what the reviews conclude. Linked access to individual reviews by category: etiology, assessments, interventions.

Step 8 - Presentation of Reviews
Listed citation, points of clinical usefulness, and characteristics of review. Linked access to the review's published abstract and to the full text where available.

 

Who Did the Work?

CCKM Review Team
Kathleen Bloom (University of Waterloo) - Director: Website Designer
BJ Collins (M.Sc., SLP; KidsAbility, Waterloo Region) - Co-Lead Reviewer
Cara Cressman (University of Western Ontario) - Review & Website Consultant
Liane Dron (University of Toronto) - Project Co-ordinator
Julie Hachey (University of Waterloo) - Review & Website Consultant
Cyne Johnston (M.Sc., Audiologist; University of Ottawa) - Co-Lead Reviewer
Orsolya Lorincz (University of Western Ontario) - Catalogue & Website Consultant
Mai Nguyen (University of Waterloo) - Research Assistant
Laura Otterbein (University of Waterloo) - Research Assistant

CPSLPR Consultants
Margaret Chesterman, M.A., SLP, Team Leader, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Kate Wishart, M.Sc. Director, SLP Department, BC Centre for Ability
 

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